With the release of its IE 9 beta, Microsoft on Wednesday promised that Web surfing would, from here on out, be about the sites users visit and not about the browser.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 09/15/2010
The Web site IEBest.com posted late yesterday that it plans to release IE 9 to its readers, two days before Microsoft plans to release it.
Microsoft last week released the latest version of a free tool designed to help ward off attacks to legacy software.
Microsoft updated its security advisory today concerning a dynamic link library issue and published a "Fix it" solution to help address the problem.
The Microsoft Internet Explorer team on Wednesday described some of the decisions being made to accommodate the ECMAScript 5 spec in Internet Explorer 9.
Microsoft today announced that it has completed integrating its Bing search engine technology into Yahoo's U.S. and Canadian Web portals.
Microsoft issued a security advisory this evening about an old hacking trick that could affect Windows systems via remote servers.
A flaw with curious name, "binary planting," grows out of iTunes on Windows. There's a workaround for that.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 08/23/2010
The Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) today announced a new Web Performance Working Group that aims to more accurately measure Web app performance times.
Better click on these links before Wired magazine gets done unplugging the Internet.
Most Internet users have long been aware that the actual download speeds they get from their Internet connections are somewhat slower than advertised.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 08/19/2010
This month, Internet Explorer turns 15 years old. Happy birthday, IE!
Microsoft this week provided notice of some upcoming product updates and betas to expect in the coming months.
Plus: Adobe readies Reader patch; Google engineer may get formal recognition for Windows flaws.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 08/09/2010
Google and Verizon today issued a statement on U.S. broadband policy, describing an approach that would permit differentiated services.
Microsoft today released the fourth "platform preview" of Internet Explorer 9, the company's next-generation Web browser.
Microsoft this week touted global market share gains for Internet Explorer 8 over rival browsers, citing July data from Net Applications.
The search giant Google and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency are investing in a company working to track Web-browsing behavior.
Microsoft releases fix early due to exploits out in the wild. Plus: Microsoft, Adobe team up on flaw research; IE 8 privacy controls handling debated.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 08/03/2010
The international registries that allocate IP addresses say only about 6 percent of IPv4 addresses remain available, and with an uptick in demand since the beginning of the year, the pool could be exhausted in about six months.
- By William Jackson
- 08/02/2010